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1. Born and reared in Fort Payne, Alabama, at the foot of Lookout Mountain, Jeff has been playing lead guitar and keyboards in bands since the age of thirteen. Securing a broadcast license only three days after his 14th birthday, Jeff went to work as a disc jockey at a local radio station.
2. This is the age requirement for gambling at a casino is very rare and most states don’t have this age requirement as an option. The age requirement here for Alabama residents to participate in casino play is 19 and older.

Family law is a relatively broad legal practice area that encompasses a wide array of legal issues, including marriage, divorce, adoption, child support, paternity, and the emancipation of minors, just to name a few. This section will help you better understand the basics of various family law issues under Alabama law, including specific guidelines for setting child support amounts and the. Presentation of the Shorter Victoryland Casino. The Victoryland casino of Shorter is located on the Highway 85, a few kilometres at the west of Montgomery. It has reopened after 3 years of closure, in September 2016. It will provide several electronic Bingo machines. Feb 19, 2013 The history of Alabama gambling, is a long and complicated one. Today, as the Victoryland Casino in Shorter is closed and money and machines confiscated, and a lawsuit has been filed to close.

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Legality of electronic bingo[edit]

Alabama has had many 'electronic bingo' parlors which feature slot machines that are or are similar to Class II gaming machines. The legality of these vary from county to county, and are in a near-constant state of flux. In particular, most such parlors were closed through the efforts of an anti-gambling task force put in place by Gov. Bob Riley early in 2010. But in March 2010, the Alabama Supreme Court determined that Riley did not have the authority to convene such a task force, but that power rested with Attorney GeneralTroy King. Shortly after the task force was sidelined, e-bingo parlors reopened in cities which had previously enacted ordinances permitting and regulating such halls. Additionally, Victoryland also reopened after a brief closure. (Greenetrack and the three Poarch Band of Indians gaming facilities did not close.)

At one time, several counties in Alabama featured numerous e-bingo halls, most notably Walker County, with halls large and small mostly concentrated along the former U.S. Highway 78 between Jasper and the Jefferson County line, ranging in size from converted small storefronts to large halls with hundreds of machines. But a ruling in a lawsuit by the Walker County sheriff determined that the machines in the county's halls were illegal, and the halls were forced to close. District attorneys in Jefferson County used that ruling to justify their order of closure for halls in that county. However, several large halls in Fairfield remained open because the city had passed specific ordinances permitting them. Those halls closed during the governor's task force raids in January 2010, but reopened on March 12, 2010 when the task force was invalidated. They again closed briefly in April 2010, as a part of the ongoing controversy over their legality and a dispute over jurisdiction between Riley and King.

In late May 2010, in yet another legal action in the anti-gambling feud between Riley and King, the Alabama Supreme Court determined that Riley had the ultimate authority to appoint an anti-gambling task force. Riley then announced plans to reactivate the task force, and the district attorney in the Bessemer Cutoff area of Jefferson County (including Fairfield) advised halls there to shut down immediately, or risk having their machines seized. King announced he would no longer interfere with the governor's efforts. Halls began closures on May 24, 2010. Victoryland and Greenetrack remained open for the time being. Poarch Creek operations were not affected, as the state has no jurisdiction over them.

Fairfield legalized large electronic bingo halls in mid-2009, with certain requirements for minimum number of gaming machines. Bamaco Bingo opened in September 2009 with more than 800 machines installed and announced plans for up to 5,000 machines. Two other large e-bingo halls, Bingo Fantastico and World Bingo, later opened adjacent to Bamaco, followed by Legacy Bingo in March 2010. All except Bingo Fantastico occupied empty 'big box' retail stores; Bingo Fantastico replaced a roller skating rink. Three other small bingo halls, including one that shared space with an automotive repair shop, were also located in Fairfield. The city received a permit fee of $100 per machine per month, and bingo was a major tax source for the city.

Bessemer, Alabama had some e-bingo halls in place, but their legality was in question due to a dispute between the city council, which voted to allow the halls, and the mayor, who opposed gambling. Those halls remained closed after the task force invalidation. Other smaller halls were located in cities and unincorporated areas near Bessemer; they also closed later.

Two other large e-bingo halls, Country Crossing in Dothan and White Hall Gaming Center between Selma and Montgomery, were shut down by the task force.

Throughout the controversy, the Poarch Creek band's operations not only continued, they expanded. Facilities in Wetumpka, Atmore and suburban Montgomery added to their gaming floors, and the Wetumpka and Atmore facilities added new high-rise hotels.

In July 2010, after all legal avenues were exhausted, state police and the task force shut down machines at Greenetrack in Eutaw, Alabama, then later at Victoryland. And on October 4, 2010, federal prosecutors filed charges against and arrested Victoryland owner Milton McGregor and several members of the Alabama State Senate in a corruption investigation regarding the entire affair.^[1]

In 2016, after winning a ruling in a federal court against the state, Victoryland reopened its electronic bingo floor on September 14, 2016.^[2]

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1. ^Byerele, Dana (2010-10-04). 'VictoryLand owner, state senators arrested'. The Tuscaloosa News.
2. ^Moon, Josh (September 14, 2016). ''Victoryland reopens to large crowd''. Montgomery Advertiser.

Alabama Gambling Age

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• Media related to Casinos in Alabama at Wikimedia Commons

Especially on the issue of gambling, Alabama state law always seems to be influx. This is largely due to changing attitudes, although at times ambivalent, about gambling. Currently, Alabama has no state lottery. Alabama residents who wish to play the lottery must buy tickets for a lottery in another state or for a multistate lottery. Traditional gambling games, such as blackjack and poker, are illegal. Through local referendums, municipalities are permitted to decide if games such as horse racing and off track betting will be allowed. Greyhound (dog) races are permitted, but actual gambling devices are illegal.

Interestingly, the State Constitution does not grant the legislature the ability to authorize lotteries. However, with increasing interest in gambling and in turn, resulting economic benefit from such activities, the legislature has enacted amendments to address the issue. For instance, Amendment 386 is the “Operation of Bingo Games by NonProfit Organizations in Jefferson County.” The amendment permits individuals above the age of 19 to play bingo provided that the game is offered by nonprofit or charitable organizations. Although for many people bingo has a certain meaning and people envision perhaps elderly people in a church or other community social setting playing the game, Alabama’s definition of bingo has been quite vague. As a result, further amendments have been needed to more clearly define what types of bingo gambling activities are and are not legal. On the one hand, the legislature has been tasked with creating laws that are consistent with respect to defining gambling and the parameters of how Alabama residents can play the game without running afoul of the state’s unclear and obscure laws and amendments. On the other hand, the legislature is also tasked with trying to do what it can to make Alabama a more prosperous state by pursuing economic growth activities such as encouraging gambling by increasing bingo participation.

Slot Machines in Alabama

The Constitution’s unclear language about gambling, specifically bingo, has allowed for casinos to introduce slot machines. However, unlike traditional slot machines, they are more like bingo machines that look like slot machines. So, they are not really games of chance as one would find in Atlantic City or Las Vegas, for instance. These machines are referred to as Class II “gaming devices” and while they appear to be slot machines, as already noted, they are not. The spinning reels give the effect of playing a real slot machine, which is likely done to make the player feel as if he or she is really in a traditional gambling atmosphere.

However, outside of Alabama, and for the average person, it is clear that while the state may prohibit most gambling, with the exception of games such as bingo, there is what seems to be a growing populist desire to legalize it. This only confuses matters, especially during election cycles. Alabama casinos are open twenty-four hours a day. They are currently owned and operated by American Indians, but this is not a requirement. Any such requirement only allowing casinos to be owned and operated by one racial group over others would be a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

Recent Gambling Developments

An interesting development that bears mentioning is the fact that an Alabama-based gambling operator is seeking to pursue economic opportunities out of state, specifically in New York because there is such a lack of opportunity in Alabama. The operator, a friend of the Rev. Al Sharpton has decided to pursue opening a casino in the Catskills to give individuals more employment opportunities, especially youth, during the summer months, which is traditionally a time in which many young kids, particularly nowadays during the sluggish economy have difficulty finding work. If this happens, it will be a cautionary tale of the old adage that money walks and you know what talks. That is, people will go where there are opportunities. So, if money is to be made, it is likely beneficial to have that money stay in one’s state than leave it. This just may be the push that legislators need to jumpstart more serious action to further gambling opportunities in the state.

Alabama Casino

Alabama currently has three land based (Native American) casinos:

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Sources/References

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• AmericanCasinoGuide.com. (2013, November 21). Alabama Casinos retrieved from ACG.
• FindLaw.com. (2014). Alabama Gambling Laws.
• Smith, C. (2013, March 22). Gambling, Bingo,and the Rule of Law. Retrieved from Alabama.com